101: The Apocrypals Solve Theodicy (The Book of Job)

Apocrypals

Chris Sims

Comedy, History

4.9 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wondered why bad things happen to good people, Theophiloi? Well, we've found the answer in the Book of Job, a literary classic and/or utter failure, and it's pretty simple: God's indifference is indistinguishable from God's wrath. That's... kind of a weird idea to show up in Bible, though, so join us as we spend an hour unpacking it along with the long-suffering title character and the Creator of the Hippopotamus.

Topics of Discussion: (sigh) the weather, Benito's patreon which I want to make clear does not support Chris (but is still worth it), hiring an editor for the show, the Inverse Pascal's Wager, Old Man Elohim, interchangeable children, chaos dragons, dinosaurs in the creation museum.

Hymnal: "When I Needed You" by Canadian superstar Carly Rae Jepsen from the critically acclaimed 2015 album Emotion, "Chiquitita" by Stephen Mann of English Martyrs Church (https://www.youtube.com/user/Principal45)

Offertory: As Enoch writes, "Whoever of you spends gold or silver for his brother's sake, he will receive ample treasure in the world to come." Support the show via http://ko-fi.com/apocrypals, or check out Official Apocrypals merchandise designed by Erica Henderson! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/apocrypals?ref_id=18246

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0:00.0	Pay close attention to my words. Let my declaration ring in your ears.
0:05.0	Now then, I have prepared my case. I know that I am right. Can anyone indict me?
0:11.0	If so, I will be silent and die.
0:15.0	The Book of Job, Chapter 13, verses 17 through 19.
0:37.6	Hello, friends and neighbors, and welcome to Apocryphals.
0:40.2	This is the podcast where two nonbelievers read through the Bible.
0:42.5	My name is Chris Sims.
0:45.1	With me, as always, is Benito Serino, the other set of footprints.
0:46.6	Benito, how are you today?
0:47.1	Good.
0:49.8	I noticed the conspicuous silence there, Chris.
0:50.4	Oh?
0:51.0	Did you?
0:55.0	I feel like you only said like half of the tagline. Yeah. Normally I would say that we read through the Bible and try not to be jerks about it.
0:59.0	Unfortunately, this week we are reading the book of Job, which I hate.
1:06.0	So I will not be refraining.
1:09.0	Okay.
1:10.0	Hey, Chris, real quick, Encyclopedia Britannica.
1:12.2	I don't know if you've heard of it.
1:13.1	It's kind of an obscure little reference book, but it's British also.
1:17.3	You may not have heard of it.
1:19.1	I don't mess with anything that spells like color with a you.
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